Good Evening Fellow Forum Members and a Very Merry Christmas to All! The excitement is building around this house! Our nearly two year old granddaughter Olivia stayed with us for the better part of the day. I was holding her and asking her when "Ho-Ho" is coming. She looked at me and start...

Dearest Forum Friends, Thank you for being patient with me about posting the recipes for the two patterns that friend Bill has photographed and posted here! I would like to answer Ray's question about the prairie hen used on #1. Sorry Ray, it's a very webby feather from an India Hen Cape that I purc...

Ray and John, Excellent thread! The hooks are quite interesting and so was the statement about the hook quality! Are the hooks that we are using today going to stand up to the test of time as these have? Maybe we should squirrel away a couple boxes of what we have now (A time capsule!) and have some...

Paul, Very sweeeeet pattern indeed! You have brought two of my favorite ingredients together, Starling and Hare, into a wonderful mix that is bound to be devistating on trouts and sunfishes alike! The tail fibers of starling are really cool! The body looks neon and that's a real plus and the contras...

William,
Excellent post and the pattern is unbelievable! I just cannot believe how good this fly looks! You really are one of this countries best tyers! Please keep a steady stream of your wonderful patterns coming our way! Wow!
Yours in the Den,
D.

Paul,
Your Quill Gordon Soft-Hackle is beautiful! I wish I could tie like that! It is hard to beat the combination of peacock and partridge! Please keep contributing 'cause we really like what you do!
In the Den,
Dougsden

John and Ray, This thread is absolutely fantastic! John, thank you so very much for posting this great information and to the both of you for sharing the awesome pictures! Bill is right! This is history in the making! Please tell us that you have more flies and subjects to present to us in the near ...

Bill, Absolutely gorgeous patterns! The colors are the big draw - at least to me - aside from your impeccable execution of said materials! The last one has an almost pinkish cast to it despite the wallaby and hares feet (purple). My goodness what a great blending of these materials. I also love the ...

Bill, Your pattern is just awesome! I went back and compared it to the one you posted for me in Nov. and ..... there is no comparison! Yours is far superior for sure. I was very intrigued by the hackling method you described here and I have got to try that! My method was simply laying a few (perhaps...

Jim, Excellent video clip! How in the world can you tie without a bobbin? You are demonstrating the old way of tying and I find that fascinating and great to watch! It was good to see you again Jim "in person". Who was that character in the background towards the end of the sequence? Top n...